Flamingo Botanical Gardens and Bonsai show

 A few weeks ago Patty and I got to visit the Flamingo Botanical Gardens. They were hosting a Bonsai show. I was really surprised by all the plant life. It really is a sanctuary. I drive by it nearly every day and I didn't even know what a treasure it truly is.

These are snow drops I believe and they smelled wonderful!

I love this strawberry container. I want to make one. It can be hung on a fence or wall or just propped up. 

There were several beautiful Peacocks. They are so loud and they sound like a dying cat.Some of them were way up high in the trees.

 I'm planning on touching up these photos in photoshop and printing them. I think they would look nice in my master bath.

 

 FLAMINGOS

I've lived in South Florida for almost two years and these are the first Flamingos I've seen. Can you tell I was excited? I took about 100 pictures of them. I had such a wonderful time. It was nice to get away for the afternoon. I also met a Macaw named Precious. He liked me a lot. I got him to talk to me. I want to go back and visit again.

Happy Valentines Day

Every Tuesday the boys and I go to a play/pool group. We go to different pools or playgrounds depending on the weather. This Tuesday we had our Valentines day party. It was so much fun.

 The kids had a great time. Bennett spent most of his time near the food table. He was especially attached to his cool aid.

 It is hard for me to get a picture of Austin without his tongue sticking out. I guess it is the age?

 Playing with his friend Gideon.

 There's that tongue again.

 I think it is impossible to get a picture with both of them together looking at the camera and smiling nicely.

 Best I could get but there is a weird shadow and the light is off. Sigh....

 Valentines Day Morning. Opening their Valentine hearts from the Valentine Fairy.

 What, she doesn't visit your house? Well that is too bad, you are missing out.

 They were very focused. The chocolate lasted longer than I thought it would. It probably took them about ten minutes to eat all three pieces.

The best Valentines day present we are getting this year will arrive at 8:00pm. Patty and Clint are on their way to Florida right now! We are so excited.

Too Few Pictures

I feel like I don't take enough pictures. I have a nice camera but sometimes I just forget to get it out. I like to be down on the floor with my kids or working on a craft project with them instead of being behind a camera. As soon as I get it out they make weird faces instead of just enjoying what we are doing. I guess like all things, I just need to find balance. I want to capture the fun times we have and I love to have pictures of each stage of their life but when is it too much?

Great Granpda Kennington's Florida Visit

I'm sad I didn't get more pictures. We were just relaxing and having such a good time I didn't think about it. Grandpa and Aunt Wendy came to visit us for a week. It was such a nice visit. Every day was a nice day. We enjoyed spending a lot of time on the lanai. We ate chocolate almond covered ice cream bars from costco. We went out to dinner. We went to the beach. Grandpa went to work with Jeff in the morning and then we all had lunch together. We fished in the canal. We went for walks to the play ground every day. Aunt Wendy helped me sew feathers onto the costume I had to make for the performance project. We planted our garden with Grandpa's help. We helped a neighbor mulch. We bought paint for the outside of our house and we tested a few places to see if we liked the color. The boys loved having the extra attention. We were sad to see them leave. I hope we get to have another visit from them next year.